What Happened on October 7
Historical Events
- 1571 Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of southern European nations destroy Ottoman fleet in significant loss off Western Greece
- 1737 A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India
- 1763 George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement
- 1919 KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)
- 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground
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Oct 7 in Film & TV
- 1971 "The French Connection" directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey premieres in the US (Academy Awards Best Picture 1972)
Oct 7 in Music
- 1982 Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway, NYC; runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000, wins 7 Tony and 1 Grammy Award
Oct 7 in Sport
- 2000 Last ever competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium, England defeated 1-0 by Germany, last goal scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hammann. Match is Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley, the record for most appearances at the stadium.
Did You Know?
Did You Know?Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe
On October 7, 1959
Niels Bohr
Elijah Muhammad
Heinrich Himmler
Desmond Tutu
Vladimir Putin
Simon CowellWould You Believe?
Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football
On October 7, 1916
Famous Weddings
- 1649 Philip IV, King of Spain (44) marries his niece Mariana of Austria (14) in Navalcarnero, Spain
- 1776 Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg.
- 1914 44th US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (26) weds John F. Fitzgerald's daughter, Rose Fitzgerald (24)
Famous Divorces
- 1988 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson
- 2004 Actress Andie MacDowell (46) divorces businessman Rhett Hartzog (45) after nearly three years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
George Mason
Edgar Allan Poe
Willis Carrier
Clarence Birdseye
Leo DurocherArticles, Photos and Quiz
Lepanto – The Battle That Saved Europe
The Christian West was saved from defeat by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto on this day, the most important naval engagement in human history.
October 7, 1571Far Side of the Moon Revealed
The first ever photo of the far side of the Moon, taken by the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3
October 7, 1959Weekly Quiz for September 30 - October 6
What major US structure was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935? Who called Russia a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma' in 1939?Weekly Quiz for October 7 - 13
John Lennon released the best-selling single of his solo career in 1971, what was it? Leif Ericson became the 1st European to do what this week in 1000 AD?
